OT: AMD vs Intel

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 29 May 2007, Ken Moffat wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 May 2007, Ken Moffat wrote:
>>
>>> You sure can't beat the price of the AMD 64x2 chips. Can anyone
>>> recommend a cheap motherboard that might work with those AM2 socket
>>> chips and linux?
>>>
>>
>> Cheap, good, fast.  Pick 2.
>>
>>
> good (just decent, for home user desktop/server) and cheap (<$80). Could
> stand built in  nv6150 with  pci-e slot for later upgrade, a couple or
> more pci slots, sata 2. for AMD socket am2 processor. Newegg has too
> many to choose from, and good combo deals, so general guidelines (what
> to avoid?) would be great. I'm thinking amd64x2 3800 or so, nothing too
> fancy.

If you're planning to use anything with an NVIDIA GPU (and the nvidia X 
driver), then I'd strongly urge you to avoid all Gigabyte & Abit 
motherboards.  I'd also urge you to avoid anything with a VIA chipset.

Beyond that, its a mixed bag.  If you list what you're considering, I can 
comment on any issues that I've come across.

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